Mrs. Donnell, our English teacher, was talking to us about our upcoming external exam (1.6 - Unfamiliar Texts), and during this talk she revealed that she had started high school in 1975. It was at this moment that one of my fellow learner-peoples felt the uncontrollable urge to utter the following:

“Wait, that means you're older than me!”

'Cause everyone knows 12 is a popular age to start teaching...

NB I have not posted the above mentioned student's name for a reason. Please, no guessing, no telling, and no mean words.